Esther Stories, Off the Page
Rumpus columnist and Book Club author Peter Orner’s Esther Stories will be presented by Word for Word, “San Francisco’s premiere producer of short stories on stage.” The event will take…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
Writers and Families
“This idea of the older generation as strange, insistent shadows moving closer and closer to substance as time went on, the idea that I was writing, pushing myself to work,…
Porchlight: Young Love, Monday!
Porchlight is hosting an event at the Verdi Club on Monday, February 20th at 8p.m. The storytelling theme of the evening is “Young Love,” and our own managing editor Isaac…
R.I.P. Anthony Shadid
Yesterday, Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times correspondent, died of an asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. His memoir, House of Stone, is to be released in…
The Untidy World
“In truth, memory’s great betrayal, that it will not lie intact in wait for us, is lament enough to revisit in every generation. This is what I go to nonfiction…
On Zoe Strauss and Thinking Big
At The Nation, Barry Schwabsky writes about photographer Zoe Strauss’ “Ten Years” exhibition. Exploring Strauss’ evolving approach to photographic techniques, portraiture and storytelling, Schwabsky argues that her artistic triumphs come…
MariNaomi Reading Tonight
Rumpus artist MariNaomi is headlining the Matcha Sensuality event at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. She’ll read from her graphic memoir Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Resume Ages 0-22 at…
Sugar Coverage Continues
Love for Sugar/Cheryl Strayed keeps coming! And we’re tracking it all right here. Today brought more coverage of Sugar’s coming out party from The Bay Citizen and Electric Literature (who…
Going Under the Surface
BOMBlog interviews Julia Solis. The artist opens up about her explorations of underground spaces and urban decay. “…I’ve never been fearless. Being fearless just means you have no imagination. It’s…
Wild Excerpt
“My solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail—three months, 1,100 miles—had many beginnings. There was the first, flip decision to do it, followed by the second, more serious decision to…
Sugar’s (Filmed) Coming Out Party!
We’ve already got an awesome illustration of the party, now it’s time for some video. Litseen documented the whole event!